891
FNUS63 KABR 240706
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
206 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2026
DISCUSSION
WHILE MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE NOT
EXPECTING ANY PRECIPITATION FOR A FEW DAYS, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
SOME ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING. WITH WARM AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA, TEMPERATURES WILL
BE WARMING INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S TODAY AND WARMER MONDAY AND
TUESDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL STAY
ABOVE 30 PERCENT OVER AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND STAY
ABOVE 25 PERCENT TO THE WEST. MAINLY SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY COULD
GUST UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. A BOUNDARY IS THEN
FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING THE EVENING, AND WILL CAUSE
THE WINDS TO SHIFT DIRECTIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE GOING
BACK TO BEING FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.
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TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
206 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2026 /106 AM MDT SUN MAY 24 2026/
..LOW FIRE DANGER
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE
PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MEMORIAL DAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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